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And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live temporarily in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The man’s name was Elimelech and his wife’s name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and stayed there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left [a widow] with her two sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They took wives from the Moabite women; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so the woman [Naomi] was left without her two sons and her husband. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in Moab how the LORD had taken care of His people [of Judah] in giving them food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So she left the place where she was living, her two daughters-in-law with her, and they started on the way back to the land of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you return to your mother’s house. May the LORD show kindness to you as you have shown kindness to the dead and to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>May the LORD grant that you find rest, each one in the home of her husband.” Then she kissed them [goodbye], and they wept aloud. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And they said to her, “No, we will go with you to your people [in Judah].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters, why should you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that may become your husbands? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Go back, my daughters, go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, and if I actually had a husband tonight and even gave birth to sons, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>would you wait until they were grown? Would you go without marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>difficult for me than for you, because the LORD’S hand has gone against me.” <p class="hdg">Ruth’s Loyalty</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; turn back <i>and</i> follow your sister-in-law.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do the same to me [as He has done to you], and more also, if anything but death separates me from you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>stirred because of them, and the women asked, “Is this Naomi?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief <i>and</i> bitterness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I left full [with a husband and two sons], but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Moab was located on a high plateau on the eastern shore of the Salt (Dead) Sea. The Moabites were related to the Israelites through their common ancestor, Terah. Their primary god was Chemosh, but the Moabites also worshiped many other pagan gods and sometimes engaged in human sacrifice.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>bitter</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Bethlehem was a small city where everyone probably knew everyone else, and Naomi’s husband may have been a prominent man in the city.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ruth/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>